Constitutional Law

Section 1 . 2

1 hour

Framing Readings

Fidelities, born

Lawrence Lessig

In these three foundational cases, the Supreme Court demonstrates both fidelity to meaning and fidelity to role. Marbury and McCulloch show us the latter; Gibbons sets up the challenge for the former. The aim of this section is to suggest the sense in which both fidelities have been part of our tradition since the very start. -LL

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